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" We are the yin and the yang of the creative process. "

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" Barry and I were in the middle of building a house, and I was in the midst of having a nervous breakdown, because that's what you do when you build a house. "

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" You made a lot of mistakes, and you wrote a lot of crap. But it was all part of the learning process. "

" We wrote what sounded good to us and hoped it would find a home. "

" The main reason he wanted to be a recording artist was because it gives you much more freedom in your writing. You only have to please the artist and the artist is you so you can be more daring and experimental. "

" We were very fortunate to have been on the scene when we were. "

" Barry is an incredible singer. He's even gotten better through the years. "

" My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself. "

" That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws. "

" On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off. "

" I can't seem to write young enough anymore. "

" Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records. "

" A lot of guys spend their lives saying no because it's an easier way to keep your job. "

" Sharing a triumph with someone you love is an incredible high. "

" But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with. "

" There is the great creative part of it. The writing is the best part. "

" You just have to believe in yourself when you've got something, and just keep pounding on the door, because if you pound long enough, somebody is going to open it. "

Believe In Yourself

" Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more. "

" The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop. "

" We have gone through some difficult times like everyone else and perhaps our working together and respecting each other's abilities, in addition to that little thing called love, helped us survive. "

" We all have fertile creative periods and times when we can't figure out how we ever did it. "